Strawberries ‘n’ Cream Cupcakes & Ice Cream Maker Giveaway

Today marks the one year birthday of Manifest Vegan!

I can’t even explain how fun and rewarding this past year has been. You guys are the best, seriously!

I have over 1000 subscribers to my feed already… thank all you so much! I look forward to many more years and many more recipes. But for now, I’ll spare you anymore of this mushy talk and get straight to the presents!

In honor of turning one, I (and many readers who so kindly chimed in) have decided that a little giveaway is in order- you know, to say “thanks”, for keeping this thing alive. I wanted to give you guys a chance to get a present that I totally want for myself… because, isn’t that what birthdays are all about?

I have become an ice cream making fanatic lately… especially since Autumn has arrived. Makes perfect sense, right? Although, I am using an ancient rock-salt-type-bucket-thing that makes a helluva lotta noise and a pretty incredible mess.

This sleek little Cuisinart (pictured below) seems like it would be waaay better than what I’m using; and it’s red!

Gradually add flours to olive oil and sugar mixture. Stir in almond milk until everything is well combined.

Add vinegar 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring well after each addition.

In small bowl, lightly toss strawberry pieces with a little sorghum flour to coat. Fold strawberries into batter to evenly distribute throughout.

Drop a little less than 1/4 cup of batter in each baking cup.

Bake about 30 minutes in preheated oven.

Let cool and then make frosting.

To make frosting:

Combine frosting ingredients by hand and then use an electric mixer on high speed to make the frosting fluffy. Keep chilled before use to avoid melting.

Pipe onto cupcakes after they have thoroughly cooled. Chill briefly and drizzle with melted chocolate. Enjoy!

Store in fridge…

Giveaway Rules and other stuff: UPDATE! CONTEST NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU EVERYONE! Winners will be announced October 2nd.

To enter, just leave a comment letting me know you’d like this fancy machine, and your favorite ice-cream flavor. Make sure, in the comment form, you fill out a correct email address so I can get in touch with you if you win. I promise I will never share any of your personal information with anybody, ever.

If you’d like to leave a comment and not be entered… that’s okay too! Just don’t tell me your favorite ice cream flavor! :)

The contest will end on October 2nd at 12:00am Eastern Time. I will announce the winner the next day.

To choose the winner, I will be using a random number generator.

I am doing this out of my love for blogging and ice cream… and this giveaway is not being sponsored by anyone but Mr. Manifest Vegan and myself.

Creating up to 1-1/2 quarts of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, or frozen drinks at home takes only about 20 minutes with this electric appliance, and salt and ice are not needed. After the machine’s chilling chamber has been in the freezer for about eight hours the liquid between its walls becomes thoroughly frozen. The chamber then goes atop the power base, the unit’s paddle goes into the chamber, the transparent top is locked in place, and the machine is turned on. Ingredients go into the chamber through an opening in the top as the paddle turns. The chamber chills the ingredients to whatever consistency is desired–though dense treats are hard to make because the paddle churns in air.

Chocolate chips, chopped fruit, nuts, and other special ingredients can be added toward the end. The nonstick chamber makes cleanup a snap. Storing it in the freezer ensures a frozen confection is only 20 to 40 minutes away when the mood strikes. The machine measures 10 inches in diameter and 15 inches high and weighs 9-1/2 pounds. It carries a three-year limited warranty. A detailed instruction booklet including many recipes comes included. –Fred Brack

Thanks, everyone, for being awesome!

PS: If you haven’t yet subscribed to Manifest Vegan (“subscribe” button in the upper right hand corner), or aren’t following me on facebook or twitter… it would be extra birthday-tastic if you would do so today (or any day, really)!

I can’t believe I haven’t seen your blog before. This recipe sounds awesome, and I can’t wait to try it. Love that it is naturally gluten-free. I wonder how it would work with hemp milk… (we’re nut-free at the moment…)

I would LOVE this gorgeous ice cream maker and it would match all my red Kitchenaid beauties. *covet covet*
Favorite ice cream… chocolate or pumpkin… vegan of course.

I’d definitely like one of these fancy ice cream machines… My favorite flavor is just plain old chocolate, but made with raw cacao powder, avocado, and young coconut… Sounds kind of weird, but it’s sooooo good and pretty guilt free…

I would love this ice cream maker! My favorite flavors are cotton candy, raspberry w/ peanut butter (tastes like pb&J), and i like coffee and rocky road! i cant just pick one lol!! OH and recently at my loves culinary school i tired a lime&basil sorbet & it was amazing!!!! My bf & I would enjoy playing around with flavors, i hope i win :D

First of all, that recipe sounds – and the photos look – absolutely delicious! I’ve been in a big cupcake-making mood recently, and these sound totally great. Definitely trying it out soon.

I would also love to win that ice-cream maker! It’s just beautiful! My favorite ice cream flavor has to be salted caramel pecan from Stogo… but the most interesting flavor I’ve ever had is watermelon (I know, watermelon ICE CREAM!?!) from Lulu’s.

I would love this ice cream maker! How great it will be to make homemade vegan ice creams any time I desire! My favorite vegan ice creams are Vegan Pumpkin Ice Cream and Vegan Cinnamon Ice Cream, together would be great too!

I would love this ice cream maker! How great it will be to make homemade vegan ice creams any time I desire! My favorite vegan ice creams are Vegan Pumpkin Ice Cream and Vegan Cinnamon Ice Cream, together would be great too!

OMG you rock and I would LOVE that machine. It would match my Cuisinart mixer and they’d sit there on the shelf like two little color-coordinated siblings, appliances making my life happy. I know I’d love and use it because I currently borrow my neighbor’s like WAY more often than is socially acceptable. But theirs is white, so this would be better.

I can’t wait to try this recipe. I will have to stop off at the farmer’s market on the way home. The red ice cream machine is so adorable! My favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate mint chip! thank you!

I LOVE mint chocolate chip – that has been my fav forever. BUT I really really wish I could figure out how to make “sweet cream” ice cream. This ice cream shop near my house when I was little made it. I think that Cold Stone has something similar too… mmm….

I would love this ice cream maker! I started making ice cream this summer, but I am still lost in the woods of the bowl in the freezer and the brisk stirring.
Oh gosh, my favorite ice cream flavor? Something caramel. Dulce de leche? Sea salt caramel? I made a fabulous vanilla-peach-caramel-bourbon ice cream a few weeks ago.

Love your blog! It’s become one of my absolute favorites. Favorite everyday ice cream flavor, vanilla bean and mango. Favorite speciality (I was surprised and happy to see this as so many people’s choice) PUMPKIN!!!

How nice that you are willing to send anywhere. My favourite ice cream used to be Rocky Road, but as I haven’t seen any in over 7 years, it is now vanilla. It tastes good with banana slices or chocolate sauce or whatever comes to mind!

I love ice cream wayyyy too much to choose a favorite, but one that I think could be a favorite is one I’ve had an idea for, and would totally make if I won this ice cream maker: Bluberry Cheesecake!
Thanks for having this awesome giveaway!

My favorite ice cream is cookies n cream…but I haven’t had it in forever since I became vegan. I bought one from rice dream but it’s not that great and it’s hard as a rock :( I don’t know how long I’ll last without my fav ice cream though so watch out if I catch anyone with it, lol.
If I had the Cuisinart ice cream maker however I might just be able to create something to settle me down!

Those look awesome! But what does the xanthum gum do? I’ve never seen that in a cupcake recipe before. I’ve seen it in the store and never known what to do with it. Thanks!

My favorite ice cream flavor is a toasted coconut almond chip ice cream from…So Delicious, I think? It’s amazing. It tastes like an almond joy bar, which my vegan boyfriend misses so much from his omni days. I’d love to be able to make a version of it for him, for much less than the millions of dollars those little containers cost.

Good question… xanthan is used as a binder for Gluten Free goodies.. in this recipe, it more or less holds everything together.

Most likely, you won’t see it listed as an ingredient in non gluten-free recipes [and even many gf recipes don’t require xanthan). :) I like to use it in combination with a few different gf flours to make a sort of “all purpose blend”

Ooh I love red appliances. I almost bought a red Vita-mix the other day but couldn’t tell if it was candy apple red or muddy red or orange red whatever; besides ice cream makers are much more fun who am I kidding? I started to say that my favorite is Mint Chocolate Chip only it’s not. My favorite has always been French Vanilla Bean with Bing Cherries but I’ve only ever had that at a Swenson’s ice cream parlor in Texas. It sure would be nice to give that a shot although vegan caramel with fudge, pistachio? I think you and Mr. Manifest Vegan may have started “The Neverending Story” of ice cream flavor/experimentation. I wonder if Michael Ende would mind?

Oooh, I want it, I want it!!!! :) I would love to be able to make my own vegan ice-cream. My fav flavor is the purely decadent coconut milk mint chip ice cream…oh and the chocolate peanut butter swirl which CHUNKS of peanut butter….*drool*

The absolutely best ice cream I ever had was made w/my sisters ice cream maker (I don’t have one, myself) & was from a Taste of Home cookbook: blueberry cheesecake ice cream. Totally worth the calories!

OMG, I would be able to make all the fabulous vegan ice cream recipes I see on the interwebs and drool over! My favorite flavor is mint chocolate chip, or chocolate peanut butter (you can’t compare the 2, apples and oranges people). I want to make pumpkin ice cream in honor of fall!

Wow, just came across your website and love it! Can’t wait to try your recipes. Our fav icecream has to be Turtle Mountain’s Organic So Delicious Dulce de Leche but can’t seem to find it anywhere in Oz anymore…so would love to make it ourselves with that superb looking icecream maker on offer. Happy belated blog birthday too!

Oh I am so excited about this giveaway! And thanks for sharing that cupcake recipe! Vegan cupcakes are going to take over the world ;) My favorite ice cream flavor is probably chocolate or chocolate mint. Mmm :)

Oooh. I actually was just sitting down to find a good peanut butter cookie recipe so I could add pb cookie dough to the banana ice cream I’m making! I wasn’t having much luck, so I took a break to go through my fav food blogs. What a weird coincidence!

We have Wheeler’s Vegan Scoop book, and I’ve been slowly making every recipe in there … with only a ice cream ball. Have you seen these? You have to shake them to make ice cream? Fun for the first 2 minutes, not so much for the next 20.

I have this exact ice cream machine, so if I happen to win, please choose again, as I’m sure there is a lucky person out there dying for it. I just wanted to stop by and comment and let you know that I recently made Chocolate Espresso Ice Cream (gluten free, dairy free, egg free) and it came out great! Here’s the link to my recipe.

Every time I’m searching for the best recipes,
which is probably all the time I tend to find ice cream recipes.
So in love with the ingredients and overall guilty pleasure
I convince myself of making it. As I scroll down the procedure, the words
“view ice cream maker instruction manual” always tends to catch me,
ruining all plans of that amazing ice cream day planned, this being one of them.
I need* this ice cream maker, it’s designed for me! My favorite ice cream is obviously gold medal ribbon from baskin Robbins — perfect blend of chocolate&caramel. Oh& bluebell is there best!

My favourite flavour is… chocolate! But not just chocolate. A lovely, rich dark chocolate ice cream, studded with chocolate covered cashews, pieces of home-made brownies, a few dollops of peanut butter, and the occasional spoonful of cheesecake batter. You can only make this yourself, and since my mum has the ice cream machine and I don’t, I rarely get to make it! It’s the tragedy of getting older, moving out, and not having the luxuries of… you know, your parents providing everything. Such are my first world problems, haha.

congrats on turning 1! i check this blog every day hoping for new delicious and healthy vegan recipes and i’m never let down :)

I never actually liked dairy ice cream because it made me so sick to my stomach but i’m crazy for italian ice and vegan ice cream, especially this flavour they have at a local shop – espresso soy ice cream with crushed up oreo cookies. Super yummy!

Happy Blog Birthday!!! I just started my blog this week….I can’t want to have my first anniversary. Of course I would love to win this ice cream maker! (thank you for the giveaway). My favorite flavor is rocky road!

Hola! My favorite flavor is chocolate!
But if i got a ice cream maker it be filled with avocados!
I’ve always wanted to try this avocado flavor from good eats on their website! :D
Its quite vegan but the comments say use coconut milk! xD Yum!

I’ve wanted an ice cream maker for the longest time, so I would love to be entered into the contest–who cares if fall and winter are one their way? I’m sitting in 90 degree weather right now. My favorite flavor would have to be green tea with red bean paste on top. Yummm….

This ice cream maker is soooo pretty! It has been on my amazon wish list all summer. But I just couldn’t justify it. I have all kinds of homemade ice cream recipes bookmarked though! I especially love any ice cream with STUFF in it, like cookies, candies, or swirls of yummy goodness.

At our new house there is 2 big peach trees, what a coincidence that my favorite homemade ice cream flavor is peach.I don’t have that nifty ice cream machine but it is on my wish list. Once I get a new ice cream maker then there will be plenty of peach ice cream to go around.

Congrats on the big ONE! I’ll be officially subscribing today as a present to you. =)
I love a little vegan ice cream treat now and again, but I’m disappointed that I can’t find some of the less traditional flavours. If I had an ice cream maker (oh, dream come true), the first thing I would do is make my favourite ice cream flavour – green tea! Yum!!

It’s funny but when I wasn’t vegan I wasn’t a big ice cream eater… but now that I am vegan and finding all sorts of amazing vegan ice cream recipes it has inspired me to look for an icecream maker when I am out shopping at secondhand stores! I haven’t found one yet and so would LOVE to win this one.
My fav flavour would have to be anything with CHOCOLATE in it!!!

Happy anniversary to you! Love your posts :] I’ve wanted an ice cream maker for so long but I just can’t seem to fit it in my budget. My favorite ice cream flavor would have to be chocolate! Anything chocolate!

I’ve been following your blog for awhile, but I wish I had found it a year ago! Happy birthday:D
This is a great giveaway- I’d love to throw in my name and I have to agree with an earlier post, I do miss Ben & Jerry’s flavors. My husband and I both agree, though- Peanut Butter Zig Zag by Purely Decadent is awesome

I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and I’m always impressed by your recipes. They’re so inventive and beautiful (not to mention tasty!).

I’d love to win this ice cream maker… I’ve been dying to make coconut milk ice cream and don’t have the spare cash to buy one right now. My favorite flavor is mint chocolate chip, but that was a tough choice. I’m a plain vanilla kinda girl, too. :)

Saw these precious cupcakes on FG and followed them, to be met with this wonderful giveaway too! Love the way you presented these beauties, and love the ‘red’ in the ice cream maker! WOW!!
Anyone? Anywhere? Sounds fab to me. Do count me in. My fave flavour is coffee, and if the good RNG picks me, I’d love to pay for postage coz I live miles away!
Congrats on your first anniversary!

My favorite flavor has to be mint chocolate chip but it should always be that unnatural green color with square chocolate chunks! It is just doesn’t taste the same without it (although Soy Dream is sooo darn good!) 1000 and counting! Take care.

I’d like to enter! My favorite ice cream flavor was in my pre-vegan days at a place where they served only homemade ice cream. I had “Ukrainian Rose Petal”. It even had tiny bits of edible rose petals mixed in. Since I’ve only had it once its forever placed as number one in my ice cream memories.

Well I have to enter this contest! Ice cream is my favorite treat and narrowing down my fav flavor is hard but I think chocolate and peanut butter is the best! Have never made vegan ice cream in an ice cream maker YET! Congrats on 1000, that is amazing! The skies the limit!
xoxo

I’d love to enter also! I had a cheap ice cream maker when I was about 10 years old and would love one now that I’m older! My FAVORITE ice cream flavor is chocolate peanut butter. Rocky road is also at the top of my list. I love your blog so much! I love the tasty recipes and the gorgeous photography.

My favorite ice cream flavor growing up was black cherry, with butter pecan being a close second. Now that I’m ‘all grown up’ I would love to try to make some fancier creations like Nutella Ice Cream. yummy!

Happy Birthday Manifest Vegan!!!! These cupcakes are perfect in everyway, from the drizzle of chocolate to the fresh strawberry ontop. My favorite ice cream flavor would be just your simple soy chocolate ice cream, call me boring but its what I always get.

I love the recipes and I love that you guys have a gluten-free section! Keep up the good work. Happy anniversary!
I absolute love coconut ice cream, could definitely have one of those right now since it’s a (rare) warm day in San Francisco. I would love to get an ice cream maker.

Congrats on the one year!!!! Its a real delectable pleasure reading you!

I really wanted to have this ice cream maker for a long time…this red one!!!!! But i always waited…Of course i enter the contest :-)

My favorite ice cream is hard for me to say, because my heart always love nutty or coconut flavor one day and the other wants coffee or chocolate, but the best i had in my entire life was Tiramisu flavor. Yum…

Congratulations on your anniversary! I’m crossing my fingers for this prize. My favorite flavor of ice cream is probably chocolate chip cookie dough with a caramel swirl (or brown rice syrup). I also once had an arborio rice ice cream once in Italy (in my pre-vegan years) that was amazing and I want to try to figure out how to make it.

I’d love to have my own ice cream maker so I could whip up my own version of cookie dough ice cream–of which there is no suitable vegan kind on the market. (The ones I have tried have about 3 pieces of cookie dough in an entire carton–boo!!) However my fave ice cream flavor ever has to be mint chocolate chip or pistachio. Thanks for doing this giveaway!

Goodness that ice cream maker is beautiful! So swanky! It would most definitely find a happy home in my kitchen!
I think my fave would have to be coconut probably although there are lots of recipes I’ve got saved for when I have an ice cream maker (oatmeal, sweetcorn..!)
Happy blogiversary :)

Love your blog! You are so sweet to give one of your fans an ice cream maker!

I just saw a recipe for vegan pumpkin ice cream on another vegan blog and it looked so amazing – I was hinting to my husband that I would love a an ice cream maker for Christmas. :) Since he probably wasn’t paying any attention to me it would be nice to win one!

Happy first anniversary to Manifest Vegan, and best wishes for the coming year!

Thank you for celebrating by offering us a chance at winning this lovely ice cream maker! I assure you it would be well loved in my kitchen. :) It’s hard to choose just one favorite ice cream flavor, so I’ll go with the first one that popped into my mind: chai! (and now I’m craving it…) The cool thing with an ice cream maker is that you can whip up any and all of the flavors you can dream of!

What an awesome giveaway! Most of the time I go for mint chip or chocolate peanut butter (the classics). However once fall hits I love pumpkin. I haven’t seen a dairy-free version, so I’ve gone without (except for baked goods), but I would love to make my own!

Happy Birthday and thanks for making me hungry with your blog for the past year!

I would love to win that ice cream maker so I could work on veganizing Rocky Road and Moose Tracks ice cream. If I had a free ice cream maker, I wouldn’t feel so guilty about consuming 5,000 empty calories every day.

Ooh, I’d love an ice cream maker. Chocolate cherry is my favorite. Peppermint comes in close second because that is what I had every single birthday as a kid, and I’m dying to make my own this upcoming birthday. :)

First off, i just want to say i am a big fan of the site. One already? It has been so fun, the time passes quickly.

And secondly, i have been wanting an ice cream maker for so long but have never found an affordable one at the store. With bills , working, and trying to open up a new business money has been tight. So i hope to win!

Now favorite ice cream flavor? Such a tough decision. Probably a german chocolate one with peanut butter (using coconut milk!).